Palace intruder took snaps

A member of the campaign group Fathers 4 Justice has claimed he took secret pictures inside Buckingham Palace more than a month before a fellow protester climbed the walls of the Queen's official residence.

A member of the campaign group Fathers 4 Justice has claimed he took secret pictures inside Buckingham Palace more than a month before a fellow protester climbed the walls of the Queen's official residence.

Ray Barry, the group's West Midlands co-ordinator, reconnoitred possible access routes and vantage points for Monday's Batman and Robin stunt during a guided tour of the palace in early August.

He claimed he smuggled a credit-card-sized digital camera through security checks at the entrance for public visits.

Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir John Stevens has called for a change in the law to make trespassing on Royal premises a criminal act.

Jason Hatch has been dumped by his girlfriend after she became fed up with his publicity-seeking stunts, it was reported last night.

Gemma Polson walked out of the Swindon home she shared with Hatch last month, she told newspapers.